curling
Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns sliding ...
club located in
Brandon, Manitoba
Brandon () is the second-largest city in the province of Manitoba, Canada. It is located in the southwestern corner of the province on the banks of the Assiniboine River, approximately west of the provincial capital, Winnipeg, and east of the ...
, Canada. The club is one of four in the city.
The club was founded in 1889-90 at the corner of Victoria Ave and 18th St in Downtown Brandon. The club was moved further south in 1953 to the Provincial Exhibition Grounds. Three years later, a fire destroyed the rink, but it as re-built by Fall 1956. Two years later, artificial ice was installed, before fire destroyed the rink once again in 1964. Four months after the fire, it was once again rebuilt. The club was re-located to a different site at the exhibition grounds in 1969-70.
The club was added to the
Keystone Centre
The Keystone Centre is a multi-purpose facility located in Brandon, Manitoba. Its main 5,102-seat arena which is known as Westoba Place is the home of the Brandon Wheat Kings of the Western Hockey League and the annual Royal Manitoba Winter Fair.
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arena in 1992, becoming an 8 sheet club in the process.
Keith Kyle
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Early life
Kyle was educated at Bromsgrove School and Magdalen College, Oxford University, where his period as ...
1987 Labatt Brier
The 1987 Labatt Brier, the Canadian men's curling championship, was held from March 8 to 15 at the Northlands Agricom in Edmonton, Alberta.
Russ Howard of Ontario defeated Bernie Sparkes of British Columbia to win his first Brier title.
Teams
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Allan Lyburn
Allan Lyburn (born January 6, 1972) is a Scottish-Canadian curler from Brandon, Manitoba. He does not curl competitively anymore.
Career
Prior to competing in Canada, Lyburn previously won the Scottish junior title with his brother William Ly ...
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Richard Daneault
Richard "Richie" Daneault (born December 24, 1976, in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian curler who resides in Quebec City, Quebec.
Career
Daneault first went to the brier in 2008 as a second on the Kerry Burtnyk team. Daneault's next major vict ...
and
Derek Samagalski
Derek Samagalski (born September 9, 1984) is a Canadian curler who currently resides in Carberry, Manitoba. Samagalski won a bronze medal at the 2012 Tim Hortons Brier as lead, where he also won the first team all-star award for the position.
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2012 Tim Hortons Brier
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.
Women's
The Brandon Curling Club has won the
Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts
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Maureen Bonar
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In 2009 Bonar was inducted into the Manitoba Curling Hall of Fame.
Curling career
After having wo ...
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Lois Fowler
Lois Ellen Fowler ( Moffatt; January 18, 1955 – September 28, 2023) was a Canadian curler from Brandon, Manitoba.
Early life
Lois Ellen Fowler was the daughter of James and Gladys Moffatt. She grew up in Carroll, Manitoba. The family moved t ...
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Allyson Bell
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, Allyson Bell, Lois Fowler), and 1998 (Lois Fwoler,
Betty Couling
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).
Juniors
Brandon Curling Club teams won the provincial junior men's championship in 1960 (
Don Pottinger
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Kevin Schmidt
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) and 2001 (Mike McEwen,
Denni Neufeld
Dennison "Denni" Neufeld (born January 25, 1981) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Born in Steinbach, Manitoba, Neufeld won a gold medal for Manitoba at the 1999 Canada Games. In 2001 he joined Mike McEwen's team. After a few years ...
Nolan Thiessen
Nolan Thiessen (born November 6, 1980 in Pilot Mound, Manitoba) is a Canadian curler.
Career
Thiessen, in his debut at Canadian Juniors, lost the final of the 2001 Canadian Junior Curling Championships playing lead for Mike McEwen. Thiessen ...
Jim Horn
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June Clark June Clark may refer to:
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Lois Fowler
Lois Ellen Fowler ( Moffatt; January 18, 1955 – September 28, 2023) was a Canadian curler from Brandon, Manitoba.
Early life
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Brandon Curling Club teams won the provincial mixed championship in 1975 (
Larry Taylor
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Don Pottinger
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Lois Fowler
Lois Ellen Fowler ( Moffatt; January 18, 1955 – September 28, 2023) was a Canadian curler from Brandon, Manitoba.
Early life
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Sharon Fowler
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Jill Officer
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Brendan Taylor
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, Brendan Taylor, Tanya Robins) and 2012 (Terry McNamee,
Kerri Einarson
Kerri Einarson (; born October 3, 1987 as Kerri Flett) is a Canadian Métis curler from Camp Morton, Manitoba, in the Rural Municipality of Gimli. Einarson is the three-time reigning women's national champion in curling, skipping her team to vic ...
The club won the women's Dominion Curling Club Championship (now known as the Travelers Curling Club Championship) in 2013 with curlers Stacey Fordyce, Cristy Erickson, Stacey Irwin and Pam Gouldie. The club won the event again in 2017 with the same team.